28 October 2014

Cycling in London

I've done a cycling map of London.
Not everything was as I planned. I was
searching for a line shape file of the London's cycle lanes, as
logical would be adding length of cycle lanes per ward or any data
set saying about an average commuting distance to work. I asked
Transport for London and a few cycling organizations based in London
for the shape file but nobody was able to help me.

There's a bit mysterious term on my map
that should be explained so below you have the definition.
The Public Transport Accessibility is measure of the accessibility
of a point to the public transport network, taking into account walk
access time and service availability. Each area was given an average
score out of 8, where 8 is the highest level of accessibility.

<blush> I was so desperate to get
the shape file that I was begging Boris on Twitter <blush> who
said that working with data is boring.

The interesting fact about London is
that there're so many open data sets for the city (the one I needed
wasn't but still I appreciate). Comparing to other cities it's a
unique situation. If you have a hunter's nature, you'll be bored that
everything is so easily accessible lol